Engineering, Construction and Finishes Business

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Another year over which has seen the Company undertake a variety of projects both large and small. We have constructed a number of bonded warehouses at both Glen Turner, Livingston and Inchdairnie, Glenrothes.

Athletes paddling under Colorado Sponsorship update on their 2017 successes.

Eilidh Gibson, GB Senior and U23 Canoe Slalom team with her two team mates, won the Senior and U23 European and World Championships this year. In this exciting event the 3 paddlers race together one behind the other down the white-water slalom course. Eilidh went on to come 4th in the individual event at the Senior World Championships in Pau, France, in September and is on the Tokyo 2020 British Canoeing programme.

Younger brother Angus is also on the GB Canoe Slalom Podium Potential programme. He finished the 2017 season by winning the Scottish Senior and U23 Championships as well as winning his first GB National Senior event at Teesside. He is now ranked 4th overall in Britain in men’s Canadian Singles

A challenge overcome at the Grassmarket works this month was to get a 8ft x 9ft Rig, weighing 8.2T in to the back of the site – It could not be driven in due to the location of the site and the drop of level within the site.
Having started the works in August the planning for the lift was already under way with meetings being held with CEC Roads department and Crane Hire Companies.

Following discussions, Bernard Hunter Crane Hire were employed to carry out a Contract Lift. A Lifting and a delivery schedule produced, due to amount of plant & material to be craned in to avoid traffic issues and the day was set – Sunday 8th October.

Works Started 05:30hrs with the setting up of the TM and rigging of the Crane. As per usual despite no parking signs in place there was a VW golf parked in the crane zone! During the Lifts Enthusiastic pedestrians attempting to walking into crane zone but prevented by our ground works team provided by AF Cooper Ltd
Works was completed and the area returned to normal Sunday afternoon use by mid-afternoon with no public issue or complaint.

123 High Street – Working safely
A challenge regularly found on sites is the need to work at height safely. The High Street also throws up the challenge of ensuring that we don’t restrict access below! To achieve this we have used the G Deck System which once training has been provided can be erected and altered and dropped by a competent operative, without the need of a qualified scaffolder. Training is provided on site, by the hire company and once in place G Deck provides a safe and stable working platform, whilst also maintaining access routes below.

The works comprise of the alterations and refurbishment of the existing building to form a bar/restaurant located on the Grassmarket, Edinburgh and construction of a two storey extension to the rear which will become a microbrewery.

The Grassmarket is a historic market place and an event space in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is located directly below Edinburgh Castle. The site is located beside some of the best surviving parts of the Flodden and Telfer town walls

Challenges include:

removal of 1200T of soil from the rear venal

Piling operations local to the Flodden wall

Working within a busy tourist area

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Works are located in and around the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Abbey Strand Building being encapsulated in Scaffold and existing lime Render being removed to allow the building to dry out prior to reapplication, Alterations to be carried out to existing ticket area with new access facilities being formed within the building
Challenges will include:
• Working within a live visitor attraction
• Working in and around historical and environmentally protected buildings and grounds
• Logistical planning to ensure safety and security

Inchdairnie Phase 2

The construction passed a significant milestone this month with existing cladding wall being removed to allow the construction of a 9m+ height blockwork firewall.

After some two and a half years the Visitor Centre at Torahbaig was handed over at the end of June 17. The production at the distillery started January 17 with spirit now being transported down to the Scottish Borders to be placed in bonded warehouses for maturation.

Well done to Ivor and all the team involved in turning around an old Farm Steading in to the second (legal) Distillery on the island! – Many hours of sweat and travel have transformed the old cattle sheds in to Whisky production and the fruits of their labour have been achieved!

Following 4 months of use on site the tower crane was successfully lowered as the next phase of the development swings in to play

The works at Newbattle Terrace, Edinburgh a city centre infill site, to provide 11 high quality flatted residences within 4 storeys, with basement car parking for all flats and access for future buildings.

This annual event is held at the prestigious Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and is the host for the day to 540 Primary School children from 46 Edinburgh Primary Schools. This unique event combines participation and performance with relay teams made up of pupils who swim for fun and those who compete at ‘club’ level. This mix of swimmers makes for an exciting day of racing and nail biting finishes.

Team photos were taken, school names were called, divers registered & then the gala started with great excitement as the first race got underway. Swimmers & staff soon got into the way of the Gala & where they had to be poolside for their race! For many pupils this will be their only opportunity to be in a swimming gala, although some teams also have pupils with experience of swimming Galas as club swimmers.

School teams are divided by the size of their schools into heats most entering all 3 strokes, breastroke, backstroke and freestyle. Heats underway, the diving competition started giving everyone lots to watch. Again there were 2 levels of diving competition and the standards were high, with confident pupils performing from poolside and the springboards. Thanks to Vicki Tomlinson & her dive team for running the competition.

Spectators had by now worked themselves into a frenzy of excitement as their Teams progressed through to the Finals. All Finals had 10 teams competing across the pool with each team of the 4 swimmers completing a width. What a noise!

All participating pupils received a certificate, a swim hat and those who finished in the top 3 places in both diving & swimming were clapped to the podium & awarded their medals.

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Colorado Construction and Engineering is a medium sized privately owned specialist construction, engineering and finishes business, with a specialisation in the refurbishment and renewal of listed buildings, the construction of one-off luxury homes, and the design and build of distilleries and visitor centres.

We believe in investing in our people and are committed to a collaborative working environment, allowing the Colorado Group to cherry-pick the best people to join our team.